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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-06-15

THOSE WHO WEST BROKE.


CHICAGO, June 1.-THE great
wheat cGquc is utterly dcnoral 1Id
and is said to have gone broke on to-
days sensational drop in prices
Moritz, Roscntcld ~ CO., one Of the
clique houses, said to % reporter of AN
evening paper this afternoon:
This wheat clique has not kept it,
engagements aud wc viii have to
-u>pcnd.'
After >ccrc'ary stone had aunoun-
ccd tho -u-IcueIou ot Ru.cuicld ~ Co.,
the offices Of this tIru. Hs Wc.iU~ other
commission houses VINO hrr supposed
to bee acting Tor the clique, Warc
orowdc ed win brokers "uNlou- t.
ktoW The situation aUd whether
the clique houses would be-
forced to suspend. Rosculicld could
not be seen and his manager made
TINS statements:
"Our sus Icnsion i7duc simply to tho
/ reasOn that our Cincinnati clique have
failed TO keep al their verbal a d
written promises in regard to putt
ting up margius, we were n,rurct
by them that money would be forth
coming this morning, and at inter
walls OF ten minutes all this forenoon
we have read kilograms from Ciucin
matt announcing that money TO
margins would bc placed 90 on
credit here. Up to noon nothing hn'
been received from them, and 1
prevent more serious losses we too
the steps we did lusses OF Roscu
field ~ Co. are estimated at half
million.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-06-15

:. EDC1NGs AND INsERTINCs. -

1-Srl~ Of Il yards at 3 cents strip worth from
to cents yard.
t 2 Strips Of A. yards at % cents strip worth 10
cents yard.
o-Strips Of Il yards at 35 cents strip worth 124
cents yard.
4-Strps of A. yards, at 80 cents strip, worth Is
to II cents yard
5Strips of Il yards at go cents strip worth Is to
20 cents yard
s-Strls of a yards at - cents strip worth % to
% cents yard.
= Strips Of a yards at 81 strip, worth - to 30
cents yard.
Strips of 44 yards at 8l25 a strip worth 81 to 36
cents yard
e-Stnp~ of Il yards at $50 a strip. worth from 40
to - cents yard
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-06-15

MILwAUKEE, Juno IT. Tho sudden
drop in wheat ut all the great grain
centres, caused Intense excitement on
change today. Three failures are
announced, VIZ: Frank Wilson. oscph
Wilde, aud Hill. FcitIhcim ~ Co.,, the
latter being the Milwaukee branch OF
G. j. hcrshaw ~ Co., OF Chicago.
Hooker, Criltcndm " Co. closed out
all their trades. TLcir failure depends
on the ability of the kershaw crowd
10 meet all thnir ObLigatinne.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-06-15

CHICAGO. June If The calm OF
yesterday OIL the Chicago Board Of
Trade was followed by u wEirlwind OF
exc tcment this morning. The
traders had lust nicely
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-31
Partisan Benevolent Arrangements.

Columbus Republican,.
Without doubt this asylum management will
cut big figure in our future politics The gen.
era trend of popular sentiment is that purely
partisan control has been failure and we need
an entirely system. The Republicans
fought their mpaign last year on that issue.
and should continue the fight Ola the same line.
The management of our benevolent institutions
should be non partisan and on purely business
principles. The managers and employees should
be chosen, not on account of political belief or
utilization but solely for fitness for their trusts
and fidelity in the performance OF their duties.
The degradation of benevolent institutions
to subserve the ends of pot-house poll
ticians and the making them a nest for
political propagandism is the crying shame of
the State. The partisan method of manage
ment has proved disastrous and conspicuous
failure. There must be radical change if we
would see these noble charities properly fulfill
inc their mission and meeting the ends for
which they were founded and kept up at
such vast expense. The greasy fingers of greedy
politicians should not be allowed to clutch them
and the grip of the spoilsmen should 'oe choked
off from these great benevolences. They never
have been and they never will be we'll managed
by partisan boards The spoils system under
which they have hitherto been governed must
be swept away by the trenchant broom of re-
form it will eventually so enrage the people
as to lead to it's adjustment by the keen. blade
of social revolution.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-31
Speculation in Natural Gas.

New York Correspondence Pittsburg Dispatch.
There seems to be no end to the amount of
money that can be obtained in this city for nat
ural- gas enterprises. The boom, here at least,
is growing all the time. One of the growth in
dications of this city is the seeming genera. de-
sire of the gas companies to have an office In
this city. There is building on Broadway.
just below Wall street. that is known as the
headquarters for those interested in natural gas,
and it is pretty dull day when half dozen
Pittsburg and Western Pennsylvania men can
not be found in the building ready to talk
natural gas till they make your eyes bulge
"Calico Charley" Foster, Ex-Governor and
would be United States Senator from Ohio. is up
to his ears in natural-eas enterprises in the
Buckeye State. He has helped to develop two
companies, while Senator Joseph Il. Mcdonald,
of Indiana, here two days last week in the
interest of similar concern. Men OF money
and of brains are going into the develop
ment of fields; not as the petroleum wild
caters cid up in Venaugo years ago, but as a
solid business scheme. 1t is freely predicted
here that within two years there will be bound
in gas development compared to which the
petroleum craze of the ga rly seventies, and the
Argonauts' voyages of 1919 and 1850 Will appear
as small matters Men with money in these
natural-gas enterprises here anticipate no ex-
haustion of the supply. 'If it should" they say,
sit isn't reasonable to suppose the miles of pipes
would 60 to waste. Well manufacture fuel
gas when that time comes"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-31

THE American Protective Tariff League
has been highly successful in its effort to
direct the attention of college students to the
advantages of protective policy to the labor
and industries of the United States Essays,
in competition for the League prizes, have
been received from colleges in over half the
States in the Union. This response evidences
the fact that the young men of our colleges
have not confined their studies and observa-
tions to the theoretical economy to which a ma
iority of professors are devoted. An interesting
fact in this connection is that many of these es-
says are from colleges in which free-trade
theories have been most persstently taught.
In addition to the $500 offered for prizes, the
League has prepared a handsome silver medal
of original design as a discretionary award
for such especially meritorious essays as fail
to secure cash prizes. The judges, ex-Gov.
Henry NJ Hoyt, of Pennsylvania; Hon.
George III. Ely, Of Ohio; Prof. Van Buren,
Denslow, of New York; Messrs. Robert P.
Porter, of Washington. and A. M. Garland.
of Illinois, are to render their decision June
Is, of which due announcement will be made.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-31
Romantic Suicide of q Dentist.

Paris Dispatch to London Daily Telegraph.
A Partisan dentist about fifty years old has
just committed suicide in very traeical circum-
stances. He had fallen desperately in love with
a rather od-looking woman, who was a singer
in suburban cafe concert She did not return
his affection, although she continued to frequent
his surgery. She went there yesterday to have,
as she said, one of her teeth stopped. and the
dentist renewed his protestations of affection;
but, as she refused TO give him any encourage
ment he suddenly locked the door of the room.
sat down and scrubbed few lines on piece OF
paper and then deliberately shot himself.
While dying according to the womans state
ment. he caught her in his arms and passionately
EMBRACED her This accounted for her clothes
being covered with blood The neighbo state
that besides the report of revolver, they heard
sounds of an alteration in the surgery. The
dentist was a married man, but had lived apart
from his wife for many years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-31

MEMORIAL day was quite generally OBJ
served throughout the country yesterday
perhaps more generally than in any previous
year The custom Of decorating the soldiers
graves with appropriate exercises, is becom-
ing fixed, and assuming the regularity and
symmetery of traditional ceremony. AS
time passes and the memories Of the war, once
hot and passionate, become mellowed by dis
lance. the observance of Memorial day takes
on a brighter hue and more cheerful tone,
BETTING the generous tribute of grateful
people In this city the ceremonies were ex-
ceedingly we'll ordered, and the street parade
decidedly more impressive than usual. The
veterans turned out in strong force, and
though many of them do not step as briskly
as they did twenty-five years ago, they easily
fell into the old swinging stride. Tho cere-
monies at the cemetery were interesting, and
the address of Major Calkins WAS peculiarly
apt and appropriate, full of good doctrine and
graphic pictures of soldier life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-31

aging accidents which occurred shortly before
their departure having threatened to be the
cause of their defeat Besides the injury of
Johnson Holmes days ago, two of
the best drilled men found at the
last momoment that IL would be
impossible for them to accompany the battery
its trip, and their places had to be filled by men
who had little practice in the company's drills
Other misfortunes befell the company at Wash
in gton and vet, with the pluck of true soldiers,
they went into the contest determined to WIN
and they did. 1t is we'll known to
the friends of the battery that 1t is
capable of doing far better drilling than it
was possible for it to do at Washington, and they
do not measure their pride in the company alone
by the achievement at this encampment When
the boys arrive home they will be given an en-
thusastlc reception. In accordance with the
following from acting Mayor Smock. arrange
ments for the occasion will be made this morn
ing:
To the Citizens of indianapolis:
In view of the fact that the indianapolis Light
Artillery. at the national drill at Washington City,
have received the first prize there will be public
meeting of the citizens at the Mayors courtroom,
this morning, at 10 o'clock to make arrangements to
tender them fitting reception upon their return. A
large attendance is urgently requested
r. NJ SMocK Acting Mayor.
There is some disappon tmeDt over the failure
of the Light Infantry to make more creditable
showing. but their friends think that the COM
pany will be better when, in the case of the
cit5 s losing baseball club, few changes are
made in its ranks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-31

THERE is a good deal of loose talk afoat
about the pressure of gas as a means of esti-
mating the flow. This may be misleading,
for authorities say that almost any well of
consequence will, If the gas is shut off for a
time, accumulate supply Of gas that, when
suddenly let loose, will, for a time. show a
great pressure. The difference is in the
length of time necessary, to acquire such a
pressure, well, perhaps, acquiring as
much pressure in an hour as another will in
several days. This shows that the element of
pressure is only one thing to be considered in
estimatimating the actual flow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-31

INDIANAPOLIS needs natural gas-needs it
badly, needs it quickly, needs it in the inter
ests of the manufacturers have, and those
that we hope to have; in the interests of all
the people now here, and in the interest Of
the people and increasing prosperity that its
use will bring How we can get it best and
quickest are questions of vital Importance
questions of to-day. not for tomorrow, next
month, next year, but questions that must be
solved now, if we are to be benefited by the
solution. The neighboring cities are not
waiting for Indianapolis, but are going ahead.
They are not hiding their natural gas under
a bushel or under a fear that some not
now of them will see them or hear of them.
While indianapolis has very many and very
great advantages over any other city or town
that natural gas is one of them, but it has
been demonstrated that we can get it by
bringing it into the city from no very distant
points To bring it will cost money. and how
to get the money is the very first question
presented. If the money be raised at
home, so much the better. 1t will be an
exceedingly profitable investment, and our
own people ought to make it if they have
the ready money. But money they must
have. A town meeting and the passage of
ringing resolutions are all well enough, but
they will not bring the gas. The formation
of local companies to prospect for gas is all
right and proper, but that won't bring gas,
unless the companies are more fortunate In
the future than they have been in the past in
finding the article. The formation of a big
local company, and the subscription of stock,
and the issuance of handsome certificates
with the picture of derrick and blazing
well, and big seal, won't bring gas unless the
money is paid in for use. certificate of
stock would look pretty, but a certificate OF
deposit in Fletcher's Bank or in one of our ma
tional banks would go further and do better.
The certificates of deposit of the banks will
bring the gas; the certificates of stock, of
themselves, will bring only wind. If Indian
apolis people have the money and want to use
it in bringing in natural gas. the opportunity
is now omen to them, and now is the time to
put the money in the banks. But if they
have not the money, or do not want to use it
that way, then they should be willing to let
somebody else make the deposit. But it
must be in money and not in wishes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-31

THE heating power of natural gas has been
carefully estimated by s. A. Ford, chemist of
the Edgar Thomson steel works. who says if
a ton of coke is counted worth So. 80, 1000
feet OF Pttsburg gas worth is Z $40 cents for
heating power. If ton of Pittsburg coal is
counted worth 81 20, 1000 feet of Pittsburg
gas Is worth, for its heating units, 3 Ia cents.
One ton Of coal is equal to So 764 cubic feet
no reference to cost of piping or distributing
1t is important to bear in mind, also, that the
available heating power of gas that can be
utilized exceeds that of coal some % per cent,
showing that proportion less waste in gas
than coal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-31

A MONTH or two ago it seemed impossible
that the lines could be more sharply drawn
on the Irish question, but since then the ten
sion has visbly increased and the bitterness
on both sides has been greatly intensified
There is now no thought on either side of
retreat, concession or compromise. Both
sides are determined to fight it out on the
line they have taken, without asking or giving
quarter. This means the part of the gov
eminent the enforcement of the coercion
policy at the point Of the bayonet, and on the
part of the Home rulers resistance to the bitter
end. The landlords plan of campaign in
wolves wholesal. evictions, while the tenants
are preparing to offer determined and perhaps
bloody resistance. At this point the struggle
may resolve itself into Of endurance and
money, for unless the evicted tenants and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-31
SECRETARY SrR1NGER reports definite PROF

SECRETARY STRINGER reports definite prop
ositions from steam forge works, an Eastern
glass works, hat and cap manufacturing
company and large establishment manufact-
uring agricultural implements, all stating
their purpose of relocating their factories here
on equitable terms. Mr.. Stringer regards
these as all frst-class companies and their
terms much more favorable than any yet re-
ceived. They the Handwriting on the
wall p-Kokomo Tribune.
The people of Kokomo are to be congratu-
lated for their energy and enterprise. They
are taking advantage of their opportunity and
they are building up their city. Indianapolis
people should learn lesson from them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-31
The Original Discoverer of Gas.

Pittsburg Dispatch,
There is one man who is deserving of place
in the history of the discovery of natural gas.
Dr. Oestereni, of Findlay, knew of the PRESENCE
of natural gas there fifty years ago. He was
passing stone quarry and detected it's pres
euce He made a little cone of mud over is-
sure and put bucket over the orifce. In a few
minutes he stuck match under the bucket.
When the Doctor picked himself up in the ad-
Joining corn field the bucket still in the air,
sailing north in the direction of Toledo. 1t was
through DIR. Oesterleni's energy, nifty years
later that the first natural-gas company in the
town was organized He had been laughed at
and derided for half century, and even after
the flow had been struck IN 1884, they say good
many of the people thought Old NICK had hand
in the thing somewhere.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-31
TARIFF REDUCTION.
The President and His Advisers Trying to
Harmonic the Democratic Factions.

PHILADELPHIA, MAY 30.-A Washington dis
patch to the Times says: s.For some days there
has been more or less informal talk in admins
tration circles on the tariff question. From in
timations dropped in the headquarters it may be
announced that Secretary Fairchild is seriously
contemplating movement, with the approba-
ton of the President and his colleagues, looking
to a concentration of the Democrats in the
House of Representatives and the Senate upon
a measure of tariff reduction After careful in
quiry it has been ascertained that every member
of the Cabinet is favorable to such programme.
After the experience of the past two Congresses,
the President is convinced that but course
remains open to the Democratic party, and that
is the formulation of a bill, in consultation with
such Randall. Carlisle and others repre-
senting the diverse positions of Democratic
sentiment on the subject, for the purpose of
bringing them together upon some common
ground of agreement. The President has
for time that an issue
will be made on the tariff, and has urged that 1t
would be more sagacious to get TO work at once
and prepare bill to be submitted to Congress as
measure of administration policy than to let
the question continue to play havoc as a fire.
brand in the ranks of the party. 1t is proposed
to make the bill an administrative question in
the House and thus bring it before the people as
a distinctive issue upon which the Democratic
party will stand in the next campaign Judging
from the present situation of affairs among the
party leaders, it will take large amount OF
pressure to bring the opposite views of Messrs
Carlisle and randall together. 1t has been sug-
gested in Treasury circles that the Kentucky
whisky Influence, the tobacco men, and the pro-
lection Democrats only reach basis of
settlement by pooling their differences and
evolving of compromise. Ii this
should fail bill will be prepared at the Treas
ury, supposed to strike between these conflict
ing interests. Secretary Fairchild is very de-
cded in his advocacy of reduction of revenue
from customs. The necessity of some action OF
this kind, he thinks, will make itself felt very
soon. The accumulation of surplus will now go
steadily, and will lead to formal action on his
part before the Cabinet as the first in
dicatons manifest themselves in the monetary
operations of the people. The theory of reduc-
tion will be in placing raw materials. like iron
and wool, on the free list and reduction of rates
on certain manufactures There is an idea not
withstanding the ruinous importatlons at present
rates, that certain manufactures of iron and
steel can stand reduction. Members of the
administration believe there is point at which
notifications of the tariff can be made without
detriment to American industry"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-31
Bishop Ryan and DIR. McGIynn.

Buffalo Special
Some feeling has been stirred up here by
Bishop Ryan's refusal TO allow ST. Stephens
Hall TO be rented for Father McGlynn's lecture
on the land question Bishop RYAN said to-day:
II am responsible for the refusal to rent St.
Stephens Hall to DR.. McGlynn's adherents, and
had they called on | would have told them
why. | would not indirectly co-operate
with him IT the crusade he is making or in
spreading the doctrines which he is preaching
s'You do not, then, believe in his theoriesf
THE fact that he is in open rebellion against
his ecclesiastical superiors." said the Bishop.
s.apart from the subject he is expounding.
makes me consider the crusade n disgrace
Although my relations with him have been
friendly, hive sympathy with his course,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-31

If, as Sir Charles Dixie says, the boosted
military and naval forces of England are
utterly insufficient TO prevent the invasion of
an enemy into the very heart of that country
what can be said of the army and navy of
American Mr.. Dixie agrees with the late
Samuel j. Tilden in the opinion that the
proper time to build coast defenses is during
q period of peace.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-31

THE base ball club may not be making the
best record in the country, but the Indianap-
oils Light Artilley has captured the first prize
in the national contest at Washington, and
will reach home to- night with the money in
their pockets 1t is proposed to give them a
reception in recognition of their success, and
to take such steps as may be necessary meet
ing of citizens interested is called for the
Mayors Office this morning at 10 o'clock.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-31

THE custom Of the weather on Decoration
day has been for many years in these parts
to supply heavy shower during the progress
of the ceremonies or while the people were
en- route to the cemetery. A change in the
programme which put the rain in the morning
was a vast Improvement.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-31

1T was neat trick on the part of the British
government to ship evicted Irish tenants to
noise enough in defending the home-rule prin-
ciple, but they are far less troublesome to the
English authorities than when resisting arrest
DR. stonipp constables
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-31

and regard his action as dragging down the high
character of the priesthood, something good
Catholic should encourage. Dr. McGynn has
had the chance TO explain before friendly
tribunal Had / rented the hail his friends
would have construed it AS favoring his cause"
DR. McGlynns friends have rented Lleder-
tafeI Hall for the lecture, and are organizing
Henry George Club.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-31

their families can be supported in some way
they will have to 60 to the wall. 1t would
seem that in a struggle of brute force with
the British government the Irish cause is
doomed to defeat. It's better hope lies in
continued agitation and in finally compelling
the English people to recognize the justice of
their cause Nothing but the English mass
es can control the British government.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-31

If the Board of Aldermen do not very rad
icaIly and effectually amend the body of the
gas ordinance as passed by the Council they
should amend the title so as to make it read:
Gan ordinance to prevent the introduction
and use of natural gas in the city of Indian
lie